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NDP calls for OTT sales tax, end of ad tax exemption

Briefs | 05/13/2019 2:25 pm EDT
NDP MP Alexandre Boulerice announces in Montreal on May 13 that the NDP's election platform will include imposing sales taxes on foreign digital services./ Photo by Anja Karadeglija.

MONTREAL The NDP’s platform for this year’s federal election will include requiring foreign over-the-top (OTT) services to collect and remit sales tax on revenues earned in Canada and ending the tax exemption for advertising on foreign online platforms.

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